Shanahan details how players reacted to 49ers moving on from Campbell originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Programming Note: Watch “49ers Now” with Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan at 4 p.m. PT today from Santa Clara, streaming live on the NBC Sports App, YouTube and Facebook. SANTA CLARA — Upon the 49ers’ announcement that linebacker De’Vondre Campbell was …

The 11th-seeded SMU Mustangs and sixth-seeded Penn State Nittany Lions kick off their College Football Playoff with a first-round matchup on Saturday at University Park, Pa. The winner will advance to face No. 3 Boise State on Dec. 31 at the Fiesta Bowl. The Mustangs (11-2), who are coming off a 34-31 loss to Clemson in the ACC Championship Game, …

Getty Images The 7-7 Atlanta Falcons are making a massive move with a playoff spot in the balance. Quarterback Kirk Cousins is being benched for rookie Michael Penix Jr., who was selected with the No. 8 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Cousins, who signed a four-year, $180 million deal with Atlanta this offseason, completed 11 of 17 passes for …

Dec. 18—Sam Houston made the jump to Conference USA on July 1, 2023, and with that, it brought new opportunities at the Football Bowl Subdivision. While the Bearkats wouldn’t be competing for FCS National Championships anymore, those would turn into bowl games and midweek games that gave them national attention. But things came crashing down in year one. Following a …

Subscribe to Inside Coverage In this week’s episode of Inside Coverage, Frank Schwab and Jori Epstein deep dive into the Atlanta Falcons’ decision to bench veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins in favor of rookie Michael Penix Jr. Jori, though not shocked by Penix’s start, is taken aback by the team’s decision to market it as a permanent change. The duo discusses …

Penn State’s Beaver Stadium has been hosting college football games since it first opened in 1960. However, subfreezing mid-December temperatures presented challenges that required a multi-million dollar winterization of Happy Valley’s massive football cathedral as it prepares to host the first-ever on-campus College Football Playoff game.  “We spent $4.5 million for this moment,” Penn State athletic director Pat Kraft said …

I did it. I did it. I did it. I had a winning week. Finally. It’s a Christmas miracle.  After weeks of horrible picking, so bad I even had to make fun of myself, I finally had a winning week both against the spread and straight up. Whew. I went 13-3 straight up to bring my season record to 141-83-0, …

Alabama football will be without a key piece of its defense in the ReliaQuest Bowl against Michigan. Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer announced Wednesday that safety Malachi Moore will miss the bowl game with an injury that has been on-going throughout the season, one he’s having surgery to repair. “He’s been going through an injury pretty much a lot of the …

Three games left! Every week at this point in the season has a heightened sense of importance as offseason plans start to come into shape and the playoff picture solidifies. This week’s Four Verts will hit on a team that likely blew their shot at the playoffs in comically clumsy fashion on the road, but we’ll start with teams looking …

The odds for the College Football Playoff’s first-round are not particularly tight: Each is more than a touchdown with Texas laying 11.5 points at home vs. Clemson marking the biggest spread. Nevertheless, the lines suggest one-score games throughout, which will be great television (and though last year’s CFP seminfinals were bangers, usually they had not been very good).  This is …

USATSI Kirk Cousins isn’t the only big name to take a seat for the Atlanta Falcons. A day after benching the veteran quarterback, the team is placing Pro Bowl kicker Younghoe Koo on injured reserve, as NFL Media reported, effectively ending the special teamer’s 2024 campaign with three games left in the regular season. Koo aggravated an undisclosed injury during …

GAINESVILLE, FL – OCTOBER 05: A television camera as seen prior to the game between the Florida Gators and the Arkansas Razorbacks at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on October 5, 2013 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) Netflix announced on Wednesday that it will capture the intensity and drama of the Southeastern Conference during the 2024 college football …

49ers hope re-signing Greenlaw is team’s top offseason priority originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Programming Note: Watch “49ers Now” with Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan at 4 p.m. PT today from Santa Clara, streaming live on the NBC Sports App, YouTube and Facebook. SANTA CLARA — All it took was one half of one game. The 49ers’ …

Getty Images Colorado has landed a commitment from Liberty quarterback and coveted quarterback target Kaidon Salter, 247Sports reports. Salter becomes a leading contender to replace Shedeur Sanders as the face of Colorado’s offense.  Salter was a two-year starter for the Flames and helped lead the program to a 21-4 record over the past two seasons, including an undefeated Conference USA run and …

Getty Images Miami Dolphins wide receiver Grant DuBose left Sunday’s loss to the Houston Texans on a stretcher after suffering a head injury. Initially declared to be in stable condition pending additional evaluation, DuBose remained at a Houston hospital days after the team’s Week 15 game.  Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel told reporters DuBose is set to fly back home to …